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Twin Peaks – Tomorrow’s World – tape 285

This tape opens with the end of an episode of Nature presented by Michael Buerk. Then there’s a trailer for 40 Minutes.

Then, Twin Peaks. We’re well into the Laura Palmer mystery at this time, and the ‘previously on’ makes almost no sense whatsoever. Cooper is having his dreams about dancing dwarves, and at one point, Piper Laurie dresses up as a Japanese businessman to taunt Ben Horne, who’s in custody for Laura’s murder.

And this is the episode where Cooper gathers all the suspects together. “I have reason to believe that the killer is in this room.”

So this is the resolution of the show’s core drama, and frankly it’s bonkers.

Before the next episode, the end of another episode of Nature looking at the regulation of genetically modified food.

There’s a Comic Relief themed advert for the Radio Times featuring some familiar faces.

There’s also a trailer for Timewatch.

Then, more Twin Peaks. Leland Palmer is buried. Before Cooper gets a chance to leave the town, another FBI agent and a Canadian Mountie arrive and accuse Cooper of breaching bureau regulations during his investigation. Plus, we hear possibly the first references to Cooper’s old partner, Windom Earle, and Major Briggs talks about the mysterious White Lodge on a fishing trip with Cooper, just before there’s a strange disturbance.

After this episode, recording switches to an episode of Tomorrow’s World. The main item in this episode is a demonstration of 3D Stereo sound, which still seems quite effective. There’s also a report from South Korea about how their technology industry is suffering a lack of innovation.

The 3D Stereo piece features a live simulcast with Radio One and DJ Mark Goodier – if I’m not mistaken, this is where The Day Today got the clip of Goodier for its FurQ piece.

There’s also an interesting piece on the architecture and engineering of Stansted Airport.